understatement
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Understatement: presenting something as less important than it is as a way of distancing from the truth.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Understatement of the year: “Growing up is weird.”
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021
Outlook: Since it’s Understatement Season, let’s just say this: Washington’s inside linebacker play left something to be desired in 2019.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2020
This has been a particularly invigorating baseball season for me because it has proved a gold mine for one of my favorite phenomena: P.U., which is Preposterous Understatement.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2019
Understatement of the millenium, or is that the word I want?
From The Buttoned Sky by Reynard, Geoff St.
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